| AOM | acute otitis media; alternatives of management; arthroophthalmopathy; azoxymethane |
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| BOM | bilateral otitis media |
| BOMA | bilateral otitis media, acute |
| CAOM | chronic adhesive otitis media |
| COM | chronic otitis media; College of Osteopathic Medicine; computer-output microfilm |
| arteria genus media | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, synovial membrane and cruciate ligaments of knee joint. Synonym: arteria genus media, arteria articularis azygos. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteria meningea media | Origin, maxillary; branches, petrosal, superior tympanic, frontal and parietal; distribution, to parts mentioned and through terminal branches to anterior and middle cranial fossae; anastomoses, meningeal branches of occipital, ascending pharyngeal, ophthalmic and lacrimal, stylomastoid, accessory meningeal branch of maxillary, and deep temporal. Synonym: arteria meningea media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria rectalis media | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; distribution, middle portion of rectum; anastomoses, inferior rectal and superior rectal. Because the latter is a tributary of the portal system, this is a portosystemic or portocaval anastomosis. Synonym: arteria rectalis media, middle haemorrhoidal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria suprarenalis media | <anatomy, artery> Origin, aorta; distribution, suprarenal gland. Synonym: arteria suprarenalis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria temporalis media | <anatomy, artery> Origin, superficial temporal; distribution, temporal fascia and muscle; anastomoses, branches of maxillary. See: intermediate temporal artery, posterior temporal artery. Synonym: arteria temporalis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auris media | auris media |
| barotitis media | This refers to the effect of pressure on the middle ear space (inner aspect of the ear drum). (27 Sep 1997) |
| vena cerebri media profunda | <anatomy, vein> The vein that accompanies the middle cerebral artery in the depths of the lateral sulcus and empties into the basal vein of Rosenthal. Synonym: vena cerebri media profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena cerebri media superficialis | <anatomy, vein> A large vein passing along the line of the sylvian fissure to join the cavernous sinus; it communicates with the superior sagittal sinus and transverse sinus via the superior and inferior anastomotic veins, respectively. Synonym: vena cerebri media superficialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena colica media | <anatomy, vein> The tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that carries drainage of the transverse colon and accompanies the middle colic artery. Synonym: vena colica media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena cordis media | <anatomy, vein> Begins at the apex of the heart (where it anastomoses with the great cardiac vein), and ascends within the posterior interventricular sulcus to the coronary sinus. Synonym: vena cordis media, inferior cardiac vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena temporalis media | <anatomy, vein> It arises near the lateral angle of the eye and joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein. Synonym: vena temporalis media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena thyroidea media | <anatomy, vein> It passes from the thyroid gland across the common carotid artery with the inferior thyroid arteries to empty into the internal jugular vein. Synonym: vena thyroidea media. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mass media | Instruments or technological means of communication that reach large numbers of people with a common message: press, radio, television, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflux otitis media | Otitis media caused by passage of nasopharyngeal secretions through the eustachian tube. (05 Mar 2000) |